Al's Daily Rant

Ok, did anyone watch the news the other day and see Michael Vick walking into court. The man was wearing a friggin LEATHER suit. Leather! The man is up on dogfighting, animal cruelty and conspiracy charges as well as charges for being a general douchebag, the man has PETA all over his but and he wears a leather suit. Does this man have the Big Leboswski as his advisor (another White Russian over here my boy!). I mean come on. Then he apologizes to Nike, his teammates, Arthur Blank (the Falcons owner) and his fans and acts like it is no big deal. He pled not guilty, I imagine it was like OJ pled not guilty (if I did kill my wife it was because I loved her right?) instead of not guilty, I had nothing to do with these awful charges your honor. I am going to enjoy this trial for nothing else than for the fact he is not a good guy and I will enjoy wathcing him squirm.

Date Night!

So I mentioned in yesterdays post that Allen and I had a date night, with the help of Grammy & Pepere of course. Alex and Miss B spent the evening with their grandparents-who spoiled them rotten by the way. We're talking new puzzles, pizza and Mickey Mouse or Snowman pancakes in the morning. Allen and I headed up to Manchester to a recommended restaurant called Gauchos Brazilian Steakhouse http://www.gauchosbraziliansteakhouse.com/index.html. Wow ! What a great meal. If you are a serious eater this is the place to go. Prime Rib was out of this world. You flip your little card to green and the food just keeps coming. Flip it back to red and they wait. 7 kinds of steak, turkey, pork roast, ribs so forth and so on. There are veggies and stuff too but the skewers of meat were out of this world.

So after dinner we headed back to Methuen to go to the movies. Decided on Harry Potter since I just saw the last one on HBO, yeah I know I'm behind the times. To boot (okay you rabid fans don't read this part) I haven't read the books. I know I know. Don't go there with me I just haven't, but I do enjoy the movies. So we had an hour to spare so we grabbed a drink at Joe's and then enjoyed a non animated movie.

What a treat dinner where we didn't have to cut up anyone's meal, ask for a clean up from spilled milk and a movie WE wanted to see. It was a beautiful evening! Not that I would trade being a Mom for anything but once in a while a night out without is nice.

What I learned today!

1. Having Grammy & Pepere watch the kids overnight so you and your husband of 9 years can have a date night is great!
2. Spending the day at the Mountain House with Grampa & Auntie Lyn, sitting around the table drinking cran-ras margaritas, grilling steaks and watching the kids run naked through the sprinkler is the perfect summer day!
3. Letting your 5 year old son watch an episode of Shark Week that talks about sea lions and the circle of death not the best idea!
4. Telling your 3 year old we are getting her a big girl bed today and not being ready to set it up again not the best idea!
5. I'll take 1 & 2 anytime!!!!!!!

30 Days and Counting

30 Days from today Alex starts Kindergarten!!!!! I've taken the day off so I can recover after dropping him off. He's very excited, completely bored with Pre School. We received yet another packet from St. Monica's, about 10 pages, including rules, regulations, schedules, drop off & pick up diagrams (no I'm not kidding), uniforms rules & consequences if you don't follow all of the above. We won't even get into the tuition part. Needless to say I was a little overwhelmed. I am sure it will all be worth it and I will be sure to post a picture of him in his uniform.

Can anyone believe he is 5? I certainly can't. Tomorrow is his last day of Itty Bitty Baseball. He gets his trophy and the whole league has a cook out. Last week he had his first hit from a pitched ball. He can't wait to start soccer in the fall. Rachel will be playing too! That outta be a hoot. It's amazing how time flies!

Welcome to the Becotte's Blog

So Allen and I talked about doing one of these to keep in touch with all the family we don't necessarily see all the time. Now cut us some slack we are far from tekkies so it might be a little rough.

We figure we can let you know all the mundane stuff that happens in our lives and when occasionally something exciting happens you'll know that too. So here goes and hope you enjoy. If you don't, then don't read it, just kidding.